Exclusive Interview with Stanley Wayne Mathis of the Book of Mormon Tour

Broadway Across America and the Texas Performing Art have come together to bring one of the most talked about and most anticipated musicals of the last decade to Austin. After winning 9 Tony awards and playing to countless sold out houses, Book of Mormon is coming to Austin as part of its original tour.

So Editor of Austin Entertainment Weekly Olin Meadows sat down with Stanley Wayne Mathis who plays Mafala, in the show to talk about the tour, the show and what he is most looking forward to while in Austin.

The Book of Mormon tells the story of two young Mormonmissionaries sent to a remote village in northern Uganda, where a brutal warlord is threatening the local population. Naïve and optimistic, the two missionaries try to share the Book of Mormon, one of their scriptures—which only one of them has read—but have trouble connecting with the locals, who are more worried about war, famine, poverty, and AIDS than about religion.